Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,347, John Emery, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Emery John Mercy
P. 3,347
CONTENTS

No 13,190
Mercy Emory dec d widow of John
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July 7/1838

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable: On this twentieth day of June in the year eighteen hundred and fifty four, personally appeared before me the Wymphas Marston Judge of the Court of Probate in said County, Betsey Clifford of Chatham in said County and made declaration in open Court in order to obtain the benefits of the Acts of Congress giving pensions to revolutionary soldiers, and the children of such soldiers - as follows
That she is the only child now living of John Emery and Mercy Emery his wife, (who were married on the twenty eighth day of November in the year seventeen hundred & eighty two) said John Emery having been a Second Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution that her said father served in said war as she has been informed and believes for more than six months, in proof of which service she presents such evidence as she is able to find, - that said John Emery died at Chatham on the 27 th day of October in the year 1806

and left a widow, the said Mercy & several children - that his said widow died on the 18 th day of August in the year 1842 - and said surviving children have all deceased since the death of their said father, except this declarant, who is now the only surviving child of said John Emery Mitchell
Geo. Manston for Agent
Betsey Clifford
Barnstable p: on the 20 th day of June above written personally appeared before me the subscriber, Judge of Probate in & for said County, the above named Betsey Clifford & made oath that the foregoing declaration by her subscribed is true, - the same being done in open court - And I certify that I have no interest whatever in the claim of said Betsey for a pension
Nymphaus Manston } Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Barnstable.
I George Manslow Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County hereby certify that Symphor Mans- low Esq. is Judge of said Court, and that the signature on the preceding page purporting to have been made by him is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twentieth day of June in the year eighteen hundred & fifty four
Geo. Manslow Reg. M.P.

Marryed in Chatham November twenty eighth Seventeen hundred and eighty two by Joseph Doane Esq. Jedon Emery to Mercy Crowell both of Chatham Nathan Basset Town clerk I certify that the above is a true abstract from the records of the town of Chatham with the exception of the dates which are expressed in fair and legible figures November 28 th 1782
Josiah Mayo Town clerk John Emery died October 27 th 1806 Mercy Emery died August 18 th 1842 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Attest Josiah Mayo Town Barnstable SS February 3 rd 1854 I depose and say that I am clerk of the town of Chatham
February 3-1854
Sworn before me Nathaniel Snow Justice of the peace
Betsy Emery (Daughter of John & Mercy Emery) was born in Chatham October 9 th 1788. & Mrs Betsy Clifford is now the only living member of said John & Mercy Emery family
Attest
Josiah Mayo Town clerk of Chatham

1887 Jan'y 8 P.S. Hopkins with history Print
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
3347
P. O.
Sperry Emory Service: John
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Wash.
July 18. 1854
Hn of Reps
Dear Sir
I have received the enclosed papers and beg leave to ask your attention to them. And I hope that it will appear that the heirs of Mr Emery were entitled to their pension.
Yours Yr friend J. D. Elliot
Am. L. P. Waldo

No 15,190 Mercy Emory dec. wid of John Mass
Hm J D Eliot July 20 1854
3347
July 7/88

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
February 24. 1852.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Conery is borne on a pay roll of the mileage of Capt. Elijah Bangs' Co. Col. Dikes' Regt. as ensign, from Chatham, 5 days, November 26. 1776.
On rolls of same Co. same Regt. Decr. 1 st 1776 as 3 d Lieut. Commissioned 2 d Lieut. in Council Feby. 1. 1777, the action of Council being endorsed on the roll that returns him 2 d Lieut. Decr. 1. 1776.
On muster roll of "the Officers in Col. Dikes' Regt. who engaged to serve on Dorchester heights to ye 1 st of March 1777" as 2 d Lieut. in Capt. Bangs' Co. Decr. 1. 1776.
On roll of same Co. same Regt. for gun and blanket money, as 2 d Lieut. Feby 24. 1777.
On pay roll of Capt. Benj. Godfrey's Co. Col. 2. Moulton's Regt. in Sept. 1778, at Bedford and Falmouth, as pr. 16 days.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I am now 29 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this sixth day of February , A. D. 18 5 2
Saml Emery
Signed by said in my presence,
Jeremiah Muzzo JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES,
made by the relative of the party who rendered the service.
State of Massachusetts County of Barnstable Town of Chatham
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of John Emery , Sur d Lieutenant in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Chatham in the County of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts
He enlisted from the Town of Hanover in the County of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts in the year 1776 as a 2 d Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain Capt Abijah Bangs in the Regiment of Nicholas Dyer Col d and he served as follows, * viz:—
Two campaigns at Bunker of Three and a half Months each One campaign to New Bedford five days
* Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable ss: I George Mansur Regis- ter of the Court of Probate in and for said County hereby certify that at a Court of Probate holden at Barnstable in said County on the day of the date hereof, Sat- isfactory evidence was presented to said Court to prove that John Emery who was a 2 nd Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution, died at Chatham in said County on the 27 th day of October in the year 1806, - and left a widow and several children - that said widow died on the 18 th day of August A.D. 1842 - and that Betsey Clifford of Chat- ham is now the only surviving child of said John Emery - All the other chil- dren that survived him having since deceased.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of said Court this twentieth day of June in the year eight- een hundred & fifty four
Geo. Mansur Reg. Prob.